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The 18-year wait finally came to an end as a gritty and hungry Royal Challengers Bengaluru won their first IPL Title. They beat Punjab Kings by 6 runs in a thrilling Tata IPL 2025 final at the Narendra Modi stadium , Ahmedabad.
It was a fitting win for ‘King Kohli ‘as legendary Virat Kohli added the one trophy missing in his outstanding career. A franchise with whom Virat had stayed on since it began 18 years ago. Truly a fairytale and the wait worth gold.
Earlier, Punja Kings Skipper Shreyas Iyer won the toss and opted to bowl first. RCB found the going tough as Kings bowlers bolwed to their field. Dangerous RCB opener Philip Salt out for 16. Virat Kohli struggled to score quickly though top-scoring with 43 ( 35 balls, 3 fours).
The rest of the RCB batting saw scores like – Mayank Agarwal 24, Liam Livingstone 25 , Rajat Patidar 26, Jitesh Sharma 24, Romario Shepherd 17 in a low scoring encounter each contribution comes in handy. Krunal Pandya 4, Bhuvneshwar Kumar 1, Yash Dayal not out 1 as RCB finished at a below par 190/9 in their 20 overs.
Punjab Kings Bowling Arshdeep Singh 3/40 (4 overs), Kyle Jamieson 3/48 (4 overs), Azmatullah Omarzai 1/35 ( 4 overs), Vijaykumar Vyshak 1/3 ( 4 overs), Yuzvendra Chahal 1/37 ( 4 overs)
Chasing 191. Punjab Kings got off to steady but not explosive start as they normally did. RCB bowlers tied them dowm. Openers Priyansh Arya 24, Prabhsimran Singh 26 put on 43 for the first wicket in 4.6 overs, Arya was first to go. Kings lost wickets at regular intervals that dented their chase. Skipper Shreyas Iyer failed when it mattered the most out just 1. A big blow in the context of the game.
𝐂𝐇𝐀𝐌𝐏𝐈𝐎𝐍𝐒 𝐎𝐅 #𝐓𝐀𝐓𝐀𝐈𝐏𝐋 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟓 🏆🤩
The ROYAL CHALLENGERS BENGALURU have done it for the first time ❤#RCBvPBKS | #Final | #TheLastMile | @RCBTweets pic.twitter.com/x4rGdcNavS
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Aussie Josh Inglis ket the hopes alive with a quick 39 ( 23 balls, 1 four, 4 sixes). He was threatening to take charge but fell at the wrong time. Nehal Wadhera out for 15. The pressure was on. Inconsistent Marcus Stonis was expected to come into his own in the big match but he flopped and was out for just 6. Shashank Singh was runnning out of partners. Azmatullah Omarzai 1.
Shashank remained unbeaten on a gallant 61 ( 30 balls, 3 fours, 6 sixes if only he had a partner things could have turned . But that was not to be. Kings managing to reach a heartbreaking 184/7 in their 20 overs. Losing the final by just 6 runs. A case of so so near yet so so far….
It was the Kings second straight lossto RCB having lost to them in the Qualifierr 1 by 8 wickets….
📸📸 A thread painted in 𝙍𝙚𝙙 and 𝙂𝙤𝙡𝙙 ❤
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RCB Bowling Krunal Pandya bolwed the match-winning spell 2/17(4 overs), Yash Dayal 1/18 ( 3 overs), Josh Hazlewood 1/54 ( 4 overs), Suyash Sharma 0/19( 2 overs), Romario Shepherd 1/30( 3 overs, Bhuvneshwar Kumar 2/38 ( 4 overs)
Match: IPL 2025, Final
Man of the match: Krunal Pandya
Man of the Series: Suryakumar Yadav
Venue: Ahmedabad | Date: June 03, 2025
